Brian May quotes

The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism. (Brian May)
I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid.
Brian May
The guitar was my weapon, my shield to hide behind.
Brian May
The Wedding March has a bit of a death march in it.
Brian May
Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer.
Brian May
I go through major crises every few months, but then I have great peaks of belief and creativity. I'm a weird kind of animal.
Brian May
I like to go for a walk or swimming or in the garden when I can. It's a busy kind of life, but I guess I'm lucky.
Brian May
When I'm gone, people will no doubt remember me for Queen, but I would much rather be remembered for attempting to change the way we treat our fellow creatures.
Brian May
There is no way that you can ever really repeat something. I have this great belief that the magic of the moment can never be recaptured.
Brian May
I think music is about our internal life. It's part of the way people touch each other. That's very precious to me. And astronomy is, in a sense, the very opposite thing. Instead of looking inwards, you are looking out, to things beyond our grasp.
Brian May
The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else. (Brian May)
I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good.
Brian May
I just want to be able to play as fast as my brain goes, and my brain doesn't go all that fast.
Brian May
Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do.
Brian May
There are times when I flick through magazines and think I'm in danger of becoming a prisoner of my own hair.
Brian May
We do play to our audience. It's very important. You can't create music in a vacuum.
Brian May
There are a lot of things in Queen albums that you don't expect; that's why we threw them in.
Brian May
Sanctions always hurt the poor, the weak, the children.
Brian May
I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.
Brian May
I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was an achievement.
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Mantovani was a great influence on me. (Brian May)
I spent 20 years of my life building up Queen, and now I'm spending years of my life trying to get away from it.
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I don't surf the net in general. I have someone do it for me instead, because I find it sluggish.
Brian May
From the beginning of Queen there was such momentum that I never had any time to do anything else. My energy was 95% focused on the band.
Brian May
I'm pretty basic as far as technique is concerned. I don't use many gadgets, and I like the sound my guitar makes, anyway.
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